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ActiveRain - The Very First Video Explaining the ActiveRain RE Network

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Education & Training with Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp Non-Licensed
Remember that question "What Is ActiveRain?" At some point, we all had it! Although not so popular any longer, this question was answered by the creators and founders of ActiveRain back in 2007. Not too much has changed since then... or has it? It was sure fun to find and watch this video again, I hope you'll Enjoy it too!

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Yesteryear - we've sure come a long way....

Comments (50)

Glenn Roberts
Retired - Seattle, WA

Brad, I'm a recent enrollee and appreciate the history. Over the past two months I see some great benefits to being here to both increase my knowledge of the industry and to make new contacts with both agents and clients. Thanks.

Feb 26, 2010 11:42 PM
Cassie Harrison
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate - Sacramento, CA
Hi Brad, Thank you for helping me fit the pieces together. Good things are starting to happen for me through ActiveRain. Cassie
Feb 27, 2010 12:16 AM
Pam Turner, REALTOR®, e-PRO®, SFR
Century 21 Belk Realtors Dalton GA - Dalton, GA

I'm a relative newbie joining Jan 2009, so this was interesting. I would've signed up sooner if I'd have heard about AR sooner - I signed up the day I heard about it in a C21 meeting at my office.

Feb 27, 2010 12:32 AM
Sheldon Neal
Bergen County, NJ - RE/MAX Real Estate Limited - Maywood, NJ
That British Agent Bergen County NJ

Very nice little summary !

... quick question, was that a half-caf-one-pump-classic-mocha-latte that Matt was clinging to in his interview !! lol   ... coffee is essential !

Great video guys !

Feb 27, 2010 01:05 AM
Mark VanBuskirk
Cassidon Realty - Lehighton, PA
PA REALTOR Specializing in Carbon & Monroe County

Great blast from the past... glad I joined!

Feb 27, 2010 01:18 AM
Evelyn Zebro
Beverly-Hanks & Associates - Asheville, NC
Asheville NC Real Estate Broker

Those were the days my friend...we thought they'd never end...and guess what?  They haven't.  As you know, I'm a newer member of the tribe.  One day I'll be saying "I remember when there were only 175,000 folks on Active Rain...

Feb 27, 2010 01:47 AM
Chris Olsen
Olsen Ziegler Realty - Cleveland, OH
Broker Owner Cleveland Ohio Real Estate

Wow, what a lot of fun to watch.  Perhaps a sequel on how far the platform has come, morphed, etc.

Feb 27, 2010 02:06 AM
Rene Fabre
ARFCO Media - Renton, WA
Practicing Philosophical Eclectic of the Arts

Funny at this point in time the video seems so now, and yet so from another age. Nice clip, neat to hear the original intent from the creators. Thanks for posting.

Feb 27, 2010 02:52 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

There were around 80,000 members when I started.  Seems the growth has really picked up steam.  Loved getting to see this.

Feb 27, 2010 03:21 AM
Lana Robbins Realtor ® Licensed Real Estate Broker
Aloha Kai Real Estate - Clearwater, FL
Licensed in Florida, Washington, and Hawai'i

Hi Brad. I love Active Rain though I was not here during the early days. I really like that it is Seattle based. Well I noticed that Toby Barnett's last post at Active Rain was in November 2009 and Ardel DellaLoggia last posted in 12/2009.

Feb 27, 2010 05:19 AM
Chris and Maria Jeantet
Shasta Living Real Estate - Redding, CA
Top Realtors in Redding CA
This is great Brad...excellent even for those of us AR vets
Feb 27, 2010 05:33 AM
Robert Hammerstein
Christie's International Real Estate - Hillsdale, NJ
Bergen County NJ Real Estate

Brad - Ahhh the good old days... I remember about 15,000 members when we first started as well... Seems like yesterday... Good to see this again... thanks

Feb 27, 2010 07:48 AM
Brian Burke
Coldwell Banker - South Windsor, CT
Your Realtor & Foreclosure Expert

Brad, Thanks for the video.  It's nice to see where we started and I'm anxious to see where it goes from here! 

Feb 27, 2010 11:23 AM
Linda Powers
Resort Realty - Duck - Duck, NC
On the Outer Banks
Brad, Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Though a newby, this was a hoot!
Feb 27, 2010 11:52 AM
Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA
Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Southampton, NY
...A Local Expert in all The Hamptons

Brad: I can't believe it!---I  thought this thing had been around for a century when i joined---it was like some scary, big, well established web site that I was so intimidated by!!! I was so nervous when I joined and started to blog...I could just see me failing terribly at the writing thing!...NOW  I FIND OUT THAT YOU GUYS WERE ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD WHEN I JOINED---WHAT A BLUFF. I TOTALLY GOT TAKEN IN....:) (There were like 75,000 members when I joined in late 2007!!)

Feb 27, 2010 01:16 PM
Tammie White, Broker
Franklin Homes Realty LLC - Franklin, TN
Franklin TN Homes for Sale

Brad, hadn't seen that before.  I'm so happy I was introduced to AR.

Feb 27, 2010 03:39 PM
Brad Andersohn
Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA
ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

I remember finding and seeing this video a few years back, and after watching it, I only dreamed that I'd get to work for and with a great site like this one day!!  :-O

Lana - just goes to show that blogging can build business, they're probably out harvesting the crops from all the seeds and watering they've done here in the rain.  Busy selling Real Estate is typically the goal of every Real Estate agent here on AR, at least that's what I'm thinking...

Paula- no bluffs, regardless, glad you joined and "got taken in" to the "rain" puddle here! :-))

Feb 27, 2010 04:25 PM
Mayra Espinosa Realtor San Mateo Pacifica Homes
Mayra Espinosa Broker- Realtor | Call 650-996-8961 - Pacifica, CA
San Mateo County Real Estate | Buy | Sell | Invest
Brad, Thank you for sharing the video with us. I would like thanks Active Rain and the people who are managing the site, you are doing a great job! I do not visit my personal website as often as I login-in into active rain, soon there will be no need to have a website. Thanks
Feb 27, 2010 05:22 PM
Debbie Walsh
SHAHAR Management - Middletown, NY
Hudson Valley NY Real Estate 845.283-3036

Brad-Loved watching the video.  So far in such a short time!  Pretty soon AR will be crossing the 200,000 member mark!

Feb 27, 2010 11:44 PM
Sharon Paxson
Sharon Paxson, Realtor® EQTY Forbes Global Properties - Newport Beach, CA
Newport Beach Real Estate

Brad - thanks for this original video, in the beginning it said 36,000 members - my how we have grown!

Mar 15, 2010 05:36 AM